From the Valkyrie to the Endless

"it is good."

Shen Qing did not refuse. He took off his armor and carried Zhao Yu onto the bed.

Zhao Yu shrank his body and squeezed into Shen Qing's soft arms. The faint fragrance at the tip of his nose was mixed with a hint of blood, which made him feel particularly at ease and gradually dissipated the uneasiness in his heart.

Shen Qing lay on the couch, closed his eyes and dozed off, his mind turning as he began to think about his future plans.

Having obtained a considerable amount of energy, she was not in a hurry to turn the sundial to increase her own skills.

Only half of Sikong Yuan's blood and essence was left, and it could not be wasted.

Her current situation is not yet stable. After the deduction, it is still unknown how strong she can be. At the same time, she will also lose the combat power of the grandmaster level, which is not worth the loss.

Moreover, progress in cultivation also requires energy replenishment. With the current power of the stars in the sky, it is simply not enough to meet the needs of progress in cultivation. It is not enough for her to practice fasting, and she needs to prepare a lot of old medicines for nourishment.

The most important point is that the deduction of the sundial has a lot to do with her current state and the environment she is in.

Find a high peak that is closer to the stars in the sky, and your efficiency in practicing the Star Origin Secret Book will be higher. Then you can deduce it later and maximize your gains.

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The next morning, at dawn, the army set out again, wearing the armor of the Northern Territory countries, crossed the border, and gradually went deep into the territories of the Northern Territory countries.

A piece of gossip spread like wildfire in the Qianzhou underworld.

Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 51 Appearance (Please read on!!!)

Every time there is a change in the number of places on the Heavenly Ranking, it will cause quite a bit of turmoil in the martial arts world.

Even Zhao Sheng, who had just been included in the Heavenly Ranking and was executed in public by Yang Zongxi, also caused a lot of discussion.

Jing Zetian is already over seventy years old this year, and has been famous for nearly fifty years. He is a typical late bloomer, having just entered the innate realm at the age of thirty, but before he was forty, he became a great master of martial arts in the world, with his light Kung Fu reaching the pinnacle, and his elusive chain sword making him even more fearsome in the martial arts world.

Although he is only ranked eighth on the Heavenly Ranking, if we only consider his physical skills, he can be among the top three.

Being killed in the heavily guarded Zhenbei Camp naturally aroused a lot of suspicion.

Several days after the incident, Yang Zongxi did not make any response to the matter, but suddenly issued a declaration of condemnation.

The manifesto listed ten major crimes of Yang Zongxian, including tyranny that harmed the country, tolerating treacherous people and flatterers, harming the people of Daxia, and provoking war in pursuit of immortality.

In addition, there was also a letter of confession from Yang Zongxi in the proclamation of war.

It reveals that in the history of Daxia for more than 3,000 years from ancient times to the present, Daxia has either openly or secretly banned weapons many times, deliberately provoked disputes and instigated wars, just to force the demons to appear in the world.

The main ingredient of the awakening pill that many martial arts masters are eager to obtain is the blood from the heart of a human demon.

Taking the awakening pill is no less than cannibalism, and is no different from a demon.

When this article came out, there was not much reaction among the martial artists; however, in the whole world, it caused a huge uproar.

Yang Zongxi's action of issuing a self-criticism edict was, invisibly, an act of ennobling himself as emperor, which foreshadowed that a great war was about to begin.

The claim that he cultivated himself by eating humans in order to achieve immortality was even more appalling, and almost completely demonized Yang Zongxian.

The day after the punitive manifesto was issued.

Yang Zongxian came across the sky and arrived at the Zhenbei camp alone. He had no other purpose but to kill Yang Zongxi.

Yang Zongxi called out five grand masters to protect him, including the current sword immortal who was ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking. The result of this battle was beyond everyone's expectations.

Among the five top warriors of the time, two were killed by Yang Zongxian in one encounter. The sword of the contemporary sword immortal was broken, and he was infected with a strange poison during the fight, so he had to cut off one of his own arms.

Just at this moment, the Demon Slayer appeared and temporarily repelled Yang Zongxian, helping Yang Zongxi out of the predicament.

At the critical moment, Yang Zongxi, in full view of everyone, used a dark yellow talisman to attract the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder.

The clear sky suddenly changed color, dark clouds covered the sun, and the lightning and thunder lasted for a long time.

When the thunder dissipated, Yang Zongxian had disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only a pool of blood, and he escaped with serious injuries.

Yang Zongxi had no intention of giving them any chance to breathe. He led a large army that day, marched south from Qianzhou and headed straight for Xuanzhou.

After entering Xuanzhou, the army encountered almost no resistance wherever it passed. The city defenders all surrendered. Most of them were won over by the Tonghai Merchant Alliance, and the remaining small number also died within a few short days.

It was not until this moment that people all over the world knew that behind the Tonghai Merchant Alliance, whose business extended to the four seas and radiated to the eight continents, stood this noble king who had kept a low profile for the past thirty years.

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When Shen Qing heard the news, she had already arrived at a small country in the Northern Territory.

This small country, called Moro, is located in a remote area with a territory of only a few hundred miles in radius. It has a population of only over 800,000 and a standing army of no more than 10,000. Most of the soldiers in the army are ordinary soldiers who have never practiced martial arts. There are only two innate masters. Facing Shen Qing's army, they have no power to resist at all.

After just one night, the royal family became a puppet, and the army was able to lie dormant in this small country and begin to recuperate.

The products of Moro are scarce and the land is barren. Even the royal family is extremely poor. It is normal for the people in the country to eat one meal and go hungry for two meals.

The reason why Shen Qing chose this place was simply because there was a very tall and majestic peak within the borders of Moro Country, named "Jiutian Mountain".

Jiutian Mountain is more than 1,570 feet high. Although it is far from being the highest peak in the world, it is an extremely rare peak in the Northern Territory.

To practice the Secret Book of the Origin of the Planets, one needs to draw upon the essence of the sun, moon, and stars, so naturally the closer to the starry sky the better.

After settling the army, Shen Qing emptied the Moro royal treasury, and went to several neighboring small countries to attack them several times. Only then did he barely gather enough supplies for his practice.

After being fully prepared, she wasted no time and immediately climbed up Mount Jiutian.

The top of the majestic peak is covered with ice and snow all year round, and it is bitterly cold. Shen Qing has already achieved great success in his innate ability, so he is naturally not afraid of the cold.

The moment he stepped onto the top of the mountain, Shen Qing immediately noticed something different.

Not only the essence of the sun, moon and stars, but also the concentration of spiritual energy from heaven and earth at the top of the mountain is much richer than that at the foot of the mountain. Although it is far from as high as that in the heyday of cultivation, it is better than nothing.

Without any living creatures absorbing and emitting it, there is always more remaining spiritual energy.

Amidst the vast expanse of ice and snow, Shen Qing sat cross-legged on a huge rock. Following the method recorded in the Star Source Secret Book, he placed his hands in front of him, tapped his palms lightly, formed a Qi-inducing seal with his hands, held his breath, and concentrated his mind. All the pores on his body opened wide, breathing in the starlight that was falling from the sky.

The light curtain suddenly jumped out, and the sundial rotated clockwise. In the blink of an eye, a day and a night passed by Shen Qing.

The energy gathered by a grandmaster, several grandmasters and innate masters is enough to deduce the next forty years.

The weak star power between heaven and earth began to gather towards the top of the peak. As time passed, it quickly formed a huge vortex and poured into Shen Qing's body.

Shen Qing's practice efficiency at this moment, even including the speed of the internal Qi circulation, was increased by tens of thousands of times in an instant in the eyes of ordinary people. The power of the stars within hundreds of miles was converging here.

The essence of the sun, moon and stars merged into his body and quickly turned into an extremely pure energy. The internal force he gained from the Long Whale Swallowing Sun Art gradually dissipated.

The first stage of cultivation is transcendence. One can cultivate true Qi in the body. With the help of true Qi, one can control spiritual creatures from a distance and take people's heads from a hundred feet away.

Except for the incomparable strength, this is almost equivalent to the methods of a martial arts grandmaster, or even better.

However, given the current environment, it is impossible to find such a spiritual object.

Shen Qing's mind was calm, except for taking some old medicine occasionally to nourish himself. Without any pause, the true energy in his body continued to surge, and he moved towards the second level of cultivation.

Half a day later, Shen Qing had spent more than twenty years.

Even though she didn't move at all, her face still changed, from a girl in her twenties to a young woman around twenty-five or twenty-six.

Even if a person who practices cultivation looks young, he cannot stop the traces of aging as long as his life essence has not been extended.

After more than twenty years, Shen Qing finally entered the Transcendent Realm and reached the second level of cultivation.

This barrier blocked Shen Qing for ten whole years.

It was not until the thirty-fifth year of his practice that Shen Qing passed this level, and a slowly rotating illusory star appeared in his dantian.

The second stage of practice is manifestation.

When a practitioner reaches this level, the Tao seed will be born in his Dantian, and according to the characteristics of the practice, the true nature of the practice will be manifested.

After entering the realm of manifestation, Shen Qing's appearance, which was already over 30 years old, began to reverse its aging process and eventually returned to his early twenties.

In ancient times, those who practiced the second realm of manifestation could live over 200 years old, so Shen Qing’s life essence was extended.

The moment she entered the realm of manifestation, Shen Qing stopped the sundial. She was no longer prepared to continue using the remaining energy, so she kept it in her hand just in case.

Just as he stood up and prepared to leave, Shen Qing was stunned.

The huge rock she sat on was so transparent that it almost glowed, like white jade.

Having sat here for forty years, the amount of star power absorbed was undoubtedly an astronomical figure. Some of the scattered star power was also absorbed by this huge rock.

If it were in ancient times, this would undoubtedly be a stunning creation, and this stone might have been psychic.

It’s a pity that the spiritual energy in the world has been exhausted.

Shen Qing took two glances at the boulder, turned around and walked away slowly, his figure gradually disappearing in the wind and snow.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 52 Lingzhou

After entering the Manifestation Realm, Shen Qing finally realized the difficulty of cultivation that Sikong Yuan had mentioned before.

After descending Mount Jiutian, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became increasingly thinner, and the essence of the sun, moon, and stars was far from that at the top of Mount Tianshan.

The Tao seed nurtured in the Dantian has been in an extremely slow state of operation. The illusory stars only rotate once every several hours, appearing lazy.

The lack of spiritual energy from heaven and earth has caused the Tao seeds to be in a dormant state in order to reduce their own consumption.

Under the erosion of various foul air, Shen Qing even vaguely felt that her abundant life essence was gradually decreasing and her life span was shortening.

Under such circumstances, it would be unrealistic for Shen Qing to advance further in his cultivation, or even enter the Nascent Soul stage, without two or three hundred years.

On the Jiutian Mountain, this time could perhaps be compressed to a hundred years, but during these hundred years, she could not have any distracting thoughts and had to concentrate on practicing hard, which was almost impossible for ordinary people.

The biggest shackle for practicing ancient methods in this world is the environment of heaven and earth. Big fish cannot be raised in shallow water, and the thin spiritual energy cannot support overly powerful creatures to move around in the world. The power of blood has almost become the only reliance for improving cultivation.

Yang Zongxian's method of cultivation also relies on devouring the essence of the blood descendants of the gods. Without sufficiently powerful blood descendants to replenish him, he is still stuck at the peak of Condensation and cannot make any progress.

If there was no sundial, Shen Qing would never have chosen to practice the Secret Book of Star Origin, as this path was too time-consuming.

Once she enters the Nascent Soul stage, it may take ten days, half a month or even longer to replenish the true energy lost after a battle. Ordinary people cannot afford to waste such energy.